Dipper.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 190?.

C. F. SMITH.

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ATTORNEYS WITNESSES numama-Allin...

CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 17, 1906. Serial No. 343.848.

To all whom (It may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES'FRANKLIN SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of f Brooklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedDipper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in dippers, more especially designedfor dipping milk from cans or other liquids from other receptacles inwhich it is not possible to turn the handle of the dipper at an angle tobest fill the cup.

In dipping milk from cans after the can is almost empty it is impossibleto use an ordinary form of dipper, for the reason that the handle of thesame cannot be turned to bring the cup of the dipper to a horizontalposition, in which position it is most readily filled.

With my invention this objection is overcome by providing means to swingthe cup to a vertical or horizontal position, as desired, said meansbeing operable by the hand of the operator which is used to hold thedipper.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the dipper, showing the cup thereof ina horizontal position, as when it is being filled in a can, and in avertical position in dotted outline, which position the cup is caused toassume when it is withdrawn from a can. Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection through the (zipper with the parts in the same position as shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the connectionbetween the cup and the means ,1 for swinging it to an angular position,and f Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the cup.

The invention embodies in its construction a cup 1, preferably uniformlycylindrical and having ribs 2 arranged on its bottom face, pro vidingfeet for the cup. At diametrical points are fastened to the sides of thecup in 1 any suitable manner upwardly extending ears 3, to which ispivotally connected a bail 4, said bail bridging the cups as in anordinary form of bucket. Attached to the centerof I the bail is a longupwardly-extending handle 5, having its extreme upper end bent at rightangles and formed into an eye 6 for receiving the forefinger of theuser, as shown in dotted 5 outline in Fig. 1. At a point intermediatethe ears 3 is attached to the side of the cup 1 an ear 3*, which isconnected to chain 7 or other flexible connection passing through anopening l formed in the center of the bail 4 at one side of the handle5. The opposite and upper end i of said, chain is connected to the lowerextremity of a rod 8, guided in lugs 9, projecting from the adjacentface of the handle 5. The upper end of the rod 8 has formed or attachedthereto a thumb-plate 10, between which and the upper lug 9 isinterposed a spiral spring 11, surrounding the rod 8. From thisconstruction it is apparent that the spring 11 will normally retain thecup in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position ofthe cup it is most readily filled after it is inserted in a milk-can orother like receptacle.

In placing the dipper into the can and removing it therefrom theforefinger of the operator is passed through the eye 6 and the thumbbrought to bear on the plate 10, depressing it and bringing the parts tothe position shown in Fig. 1. It is thus seen by this arrangement andconstruction that the dipping operation may be carried out with facilityby the use of a single hand of the operator.

The precise construction herein described is not material,provided theessential characteristics are employed, as pointed out in the annexedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a dipper of the character described, a cup, abail bridging the cup and pivotally connected at each side thereof, ahandle fixed to the bail, and means carried by the handle connected tothe cup at the opposite side thereof from the bail for swinging the cupon the bail.

2. In a dipper of the character described, a cup, a bail pivotallyconnected to the cup, a handle rigidly attached to the bail, and meanscarried by the handle having a flexible member connecting it with oneside of the cup operating to swing the cup on the bail.

3. In a dipper of the character described, a cup, a bail pivotallyconnected to the cup, a handle rigidly attached to the bail having aneye formed at its upper extremity, a rod slidable in guides carried bythe handle, a flexible member connecting the rod with the cup, athumb-plate arranged at the upper end of the rod, and a springinterposed under said thumb-plate acting to force the rod in an upwarddirection.

4. In a dipper of the character described, a cup, a handle pivotallyconnected to the cup, and means carried by the handle having a flexiblemember connecting it With one side of the cup, operating to cause saidcup to normally assume a horizontal position.

5. In a dipper of the character described, a cup, a handle pivotallyconnected thereto having the upper end thereof formed into an eye, a rodslidable in guides at one side of the handle, a flexible memberconnecting the rod and cup together, a thumb-piece carried at the upperend of the rod, and a spring pressing on said thumb-piece for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITH.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR STUBER, ROBERT HARPER.

